On my Laptop, I get no YouTube ads. It seems uBlock Origin removes them.
On my iPad, I get YouTube ads in an unbearable frequency.
It seems there is no solution for this?
How is the situation on Android?
Get YouTube Premium?
But the way it is, every time I pay for something, the mega corporations can tie my identity to everything I do. I am not ok with that. So the barrier to pay for something is very high.
1. Buy a prepaid reloadable credit/debit card. In the US you can do this at major supermarkets, Walmart, and I think many convenience stores. You can load this by transferring funds from your normal bank account.
Your bank can tie your identity to that, but they don't know what you are using the prepaid card for. The prepaid card company knows what you are using it for but doesn't know who you are. Same with whoever you buy things from with it.
2. Buy a prepaid credit/debit card using cash.
3. Buy a prepaid reloadable credit/debit card using cash. Use this for your internet purchases. To reload it, buy prepaid non-reloadable debit cards using cash and use them to reload the reloadable card. (I'm not sure you can use one card to load another, though. Using credit cards to load prepaid cards is usually forbidden I believe, but I couldn't find anything on using debit cards to do so).
If you open a Youtube URL and the preview image looks like it's not the actual video but an ad -- wait. Wait for approximately the length of the ad, and the preview will switch to the actual video's preview (or the next ad, in which case, wait again) and you can then play the video.
(I think this is probably not intended behavior and I hope I'm not getting this "fixed" by posting this here :/)
/edit: I do this is on "Firefox" for iOS, though it probably shouldn't matter.
I have a developer account and just resign their ipas to install it. Looks like you could install it via TestFlight as well.